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  Map for Taigh-tughaidh Àird Heisgeir, Àird Heisgeir, Uibhist a Tuath / Ardheisker Thatched Cottage, Ardheisker, Isle of North Uist (LB17585)

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Summary

Description

Probably 19th century. East-facing, single-storey, Hebridean-type crofthouse. Cottage. The east elevation is four irregular bays wide, comprising three northern bays with a central entrance and a single window to the south. Side and rear walls all blank. Thick, slightly battered, limewashed rubble walls with curved angles. End chimney stacks and off-centre axial drainpipe flue. Timber roof structure that previously was thatched.

Statement of Special Interest

This Hebridean-type cottage was built before 1878 because it is shown on the 1^st Edition Ordnance Survey map. These vernacular buildings, once prolific across Na h-Eileanan Siar, are now extremely rare. The building continues to show regional traditional building methods and materials and retains a significant proportion of its historic fabric, vernacular form and character. Notable features include the thick rubble walls with curved angles and the proportions of the building, with an extra bay at the south, indicates it may have been a house and byre.

The building was known to have had a marram thatched roof, however by 2015 none of the thatching material was seen. It still retains its timber roof structure showing the traditional rounded shape of the roof.

Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2021 as part of the Thatched Buildings Listing Review. Previously listed as 'Ardheisker Thatched Cottage at East (Tenant Formerly D. MacLeod)'.

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